[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 135 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34592-34593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16816]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for 
Employment and Training Administration Financial Report Form 
9130 (OMB Control No. 1205-0461), Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of data for quarterly financial 
reporting on federally funded programs, on Form ETA-9130 (currently due 
to expire November 30, 2009).
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before September 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Judi Fisher, Room N-4716, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3024 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3362. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Financial reporting requirements for Federal 
programs are prescribed in OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110. U.S. DOL has 
codified these requirements at 29 CFR 95.52 and 29 CFR 97.41, which 
specify that forms approved by OMB are authorized for obtaining 
financial information from recipients.
    Pursuant to Public Law 106-107, OMB is streamlining Federal 
financial reporting. Inclusion of Federal Cash data in quarterly 
financial reporting is a significant modification that has been added 
to the expenditure information contained in ETA Form 9130.
    Further, ETA programs have varied administrative cost limitation 
requirements as specified in program statutes, regulations, and/or 
individual grant agreements. A line item for Total Administrative 
Expenditures provides a mechanism for assessing compliance with these 
requirements.
    ETA has utilized the data collected to assess the effectiveness of 
ETA programs and to monitor and analyze the financial activity of its 
grantees. Grantees are provided with pre-designed software to reflect 
the requirements of ETA Form 9130 so that the required data will be 
reported electronically.
    This data collection format permits ETA to evaluate program 
effectiveness and to monitor and analyze financial activity, while 
complying with OMB efforts to streamline Federal financial reporting.

I. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the

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functions of the agency, including whether the information will have 
practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Title: US DOL Employment and Training Administration Financial 
Reporting Form, ETA 9130.
    OMB Number: 1205-0461.
    Type of Review: extension without changes.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Number of Respondents: 680.
    Annual Responses: 5,440.
    Average Response Time: \1/2\ hour (30 minutes).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,720.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: July 10, 2009.
Laura P. Watson,
Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of Financial and Administrative 
Management, Employment and Training Administration.
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